Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

453 . Epitaph for Mr. Walter Riddell

SIC a reptile was Wat, sic a miscreant slave,

That the worms ev’n d—d him when laid in his grave;

“In his flesh there’s a famine,” a starved reptile cries,

“And his heart is rank poison!” another replies.